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Highlands, NC vs Sugar Mountain, NC

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- Job Growth in Sugar Mountain has been positive.
- Sugar Mountain has 0.1% more unemployment than Highlands.
- Sugar Mountain job growth has increased by 4.2% in the past 10 years.
 Highlands, NCSugar Mountain, NCUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.1%6.0%
 Future Job Growth30.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.6%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth4.9%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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